Search Essays

…Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th president of the United States, was born January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon was one of the most controversial politicians. He used the communist scare of the late forties and early fifties to catapult his…

…were Russia and China. Of the two, Russia was the first to adopt the communist beliefs. Russia already had a long history of peasant insurrections. Most of these uprisings though, were leaderless and highly unorganized. The motives of the rebels were…

…on a particular minority group. Joseph R. McCarthy, possibly the greatest demagogue in the history of America, was also the strongest anti-Communist. In the minds of his friends and foes alike, he was an incredible person whose mere presence could…

…, in other words (at least partial) communist, governments. The two most serious disagreements between the USSR and the Western Allies were the questions of Poland and Germany. As already stated, Germany had invaded Russia twice within a short period of time…

…of mass destruction. During the closing months of World War II, Soviet military forces occupied all of Central and Eastern Europe. Moscow used its military power to support the efforts of the communist parties in Eastern Europe and crush the democratic…

…took power in China. Western Europe also seemed ready to become Red--especially Italy, where the Communist Party was the largest outside Russia, and was growing. Capitalism, in the opinion of many, myself included, had nothing more to say, its final poisoned…

…in Russia before passing away shortly after (1924). Stalin, the general secretary for the communist party gradually gained power and by 1928 was in control of the government. Under Joseph Stalin’s leadership the USSR was transformed into a world power…

…in the often-used metaphor that President Tito "kept the lid on the boiling pot" of national antagonism (Allcock, 2000:418). Other academics believe that the roots of the problem lay in the Communist system and, in particular, in a crisis proper to its elite…

…in Russia before passing away shortly after (1924). Stalin, the general secretary for the communist party gradually gained power and by 1928 was in control of the government. Under Joseph Stalin's leadership the USSR was transformed into a world power…

….' The use of the terms such as 'ideal', 'highlighted', and 'ability' create a sense of achievement with Martin Luther King being the successful figure. Nevertheless, historians are also critical of Matin Luther King's association with known communists…